Geek Native doens’t post many non-English short films – only the best. That’s what we have here with this bleak near future sci-fi. “Jiminy” comes from the name Jiminy Cricket. In the movie the crickets are little controlling chips that take control of human bodies and apply their knowledge. Everyone has one; it’s the best […]
Short film: The Looking Planet
https://vimeo.com/148316055 How did the Earth really end up with the moon? In this short sci-fi animation a race of powerful spacetime engineers are building the universe and the younger ones are fed up of getting the boring jobs while the older ones worry about the quality of the work. The Looking Planet looks gorgeous with […]
Short film: The Storybook Killer
This is a cheesy short horror film. It follows the rules of budget horror production and remains fun while doing so. Ten years ago a young boy goes missing while playing in a theme park and now, driven by guilt, his older brother tries to hunt down the kidnapper. No prizes for guessing the ending. […]
Short film: The King’s Pawn
It’s man versus machine – with a twist – in this short psychological drama. A former chess prodigy turned programmer has the rare chance to confront the grandmaster who destroyed his dreams by pitting a super-computer against him in a high profile battle. Who will come out top? Man, machine or man? Ready to watch […]
Short film: Tokyo Cosmo
A delightful short indie animation from Japan. Pay attention to the detail. For example; the movement and texture in our hero’s cardigan, the grim on the titles or the water in the washing machine. Pay no heed to the giant monster that’s all set to terrorise Tokyo. Up for some short film roulette? Click this […]
Short film: Exode
Beautiful and sad. Exode is the story of how the journey of a single, giant, creature in capture the life of an entire people. You can learn more from the production’s Facebook page or simply from the knowledge it has won a ton of awards. Got time for another watch? Take advantage of this teleport […]
Short film: The Art of Human Salvage
This short sci-fi from Dempsey Tillman features Edward James Olmos. Battlestar Galactica fans will take note! The story picks up with a 10-year-old boy facing execution. A specialist is sent in to see whether he can be saved. There’s a lot going on in The Art of Human Salvage behind the scenes which is fun […]
Short film: Traveler
A nicely made short film that follows a group of friends who tried to build a jet powered craft fast enough to teleport. Sounds risky? Turns out that’s the easy bit. There are consequences for jumping across space and time… Jump on to this teleport link if you’ve time to watch another short film. We’ll […]
Short film: The Most Beautiful Day
The Most Beautiful Day is a short film by Einar Kuusk. Set after the apocalypse, after the alien invasion, Sherman is trying to survive in an isolated city. His daily life is about poking around in the ruins, looking for water and scraps of food while keeping out of the way of raiders. One fateful […]
Short film: I, Zombie
Now that Bethesda and Id Software are taking pre-orders on Doom and showing us the action in the First-Person-Shooter it got me thinking about the other side of the action. What would Doom look like from the point of view of one of the monsters. I, Zombie is a graduation animation by Antoine Legendre. It’s […]
